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nucleolytic

nucleolytic adjective: cutting the nucleotide-nucleotide link in DNA or RNA.

Adjective

nucleolytic (not comparable)

  1. Cutting the nucleotide-nucleotide link in DNA or RNA.

Origin of nucleolytic

From nucleo- + -lytic.

Words formed from nucleolytic

Questions about nucleolytic

What does nucleolytic mean?
Nucleolytic means cutting the nucleotide-nucleotide link in DNA or RNA.
What part of speech is nucleolytic?
Nucleolytic is an adjective.

Words near nucleolytic in the dictionary

  1. nucleoloid
  2. nucleolus
  3. nucleolysin
  4. nucleolysins
  5. nucleolysis
  6. nucleolytic
  7. nucleolytically
  8. nucleome
  9. nucleomegaly
  10. nucleomes
  11. nucleometallation

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